We perceive water as one single, large body – a body of water that circulates through the atmosphere, the earth and through all life forms, connecting organic with inorganic.
The body of water is in constant motion and transformation, dynamically transmitting information and active forces to all interconnected vessels and waterways.
This vision of interconnectedness of ONE BODY OF WATER stands in contrast to anthropocentric visions of separateness, or notions of control and dominance. The association aims to make the vision of interconnectedness the guiding principle for action and thus for the creation of new realities.
ONE BODY OF WATER serves impulses and projects that advocate a respectful and sustainable treatment of water, and create awareness for the fundamental interconnectedness of all lifeforms.
The association organises workshops and exhibitions embracing art, science and applied knowledge of diverse fields of expertise. Thus it co-creates a flourishing network in behalf of water, fostering interdisciplinary exchange and offering a variety of approaches to connect to water. ONE BODY OF WATER is member of the Global Network of Water Museums.
ONE BODY OF WATER was founded in 2022 in Vienna, Austria, by the Swiss photographer and artist Regina Hügli. She has been working on the topic of water with great commitment since 2013 and has realized a large number of projects, exhibitions, events and publications. In 2023 Regina Hügli was awarded the Austrian Neptun State Price for Water in Arts.
“I am a dedicated observer of water. I am fascinated by its appearance, its behaviour, its properties. Water is the basis of all life – and an element offering powerful experiences to our bodies and minds like tranquility, flow and rhythm, transformation and renewal, thus making tangible various qualities of time and consciousness.
Observing water has a great impact on my personal approach. My fascination with the element has also heightened my awareness of the responsibility we have to water and life – expressing itself in an increasingly activist and social dimension of my projects.”
Regina Hügli, January 2022
The year 2025 will be mainly dedicated to research for and development of SHARING WATER - the Game.
From May 2025 onward the game will be played in the following contexts:
May - October 2025
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Exhibition "Water Pressure"
May- December 2025
EUSALP Congresses, chaired by Austria and Liechtenstein
Partner: Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management Austria
Other events:
October 23- 25, 2025
Fluid Interdisciplinarities Festival, Berlin (DE)
In cooperation with IRI THESys, Humboldt University Berlin and the IHE Delft.
30.4. - 6.10.2024
Tangente St. Pölten, AT
"Traisen She/Her", photographic research on the river Traisen by Regina Hügli, as part of the "Way of the Water, curated by Lorena Lorena Vera and Joanna Warsza.
May-June 2024
Floodwater Residency, DE
The Floodwater Residency founded by Australian artist Mark Dion is dedicated to artistic research in the field, and located in the floodplain area of the river Elbe and its influent Seege, Northern Germany.
June 15th 2024
Forum Anthropozän,
Heiligenblut, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Austria
Participation, Panelist
Traisen, She/Her, exhibition on the river Traisen by Regina Hügli, Festival Center Tangente St. Pölten, 7.9.-6.10.2024, Opening 7.9. 2 pm.
September 20th -29th 2024
Flowing Connections - Vienna Design Week
Cooperation with the library of the Technical University, Vienna
Location:
DAVIS, Data Visualisation Space, Technical University Vienna, Resselgasse 1, 1040 Vienna
Program:
Interactive digital exhibition of FREE GENIE 20.-29.9. 8am - 10pm, weekends 8am-7pm.
23.9. 5-8pm: "Water Qualities - Water Realities", public talk, panel from fields of science, water management and art.
26.9. 5-9 pm: "Sharing Water - Vienna Edition". The new game on water and climate change in Vienna can be tested (workshop 5-7) and co-created (presentation and discussion 7.30-9pm).
October 7th 2024
BOKU BeWEGt - on chances and challenges of interdisciplinary work in behalf of water. Organized by UniNEtZ Austria. Panelist.
October 9th/10th 2024
Konsumdialoge Wasser, Steyr, AT
Organised by COMUN. Panelist.
25.5.2023
SHARING WATER Open Day with exhibition, workshops, walks and talks. Panel discussion on "Legal Standing for Water Bodies" with Dr. Michaela Krömer. Volkskundemuseum Vienna.
Find more details.
9-15th July 2023
SOAK Biomimicry Workshop, Nature’s Learning Lab, Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Summer Academy of the Cooperative Sustainable Universities, the University of Applied Science, Burgenland, University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
Participation of Regina Hügli, One Body of Water, in the teaching team.
20.8. - 2.9. 2023
Kunst in der Natur, Artist in Residence, Wachtberg, Thunau am Kamp, Austria.
14.01.2022
Opening of the Sharing Water Traveling Exhibition at its third venue Talmuseum Andermatt, Switzerland (until October 15th 2022).
Speaker: Prof. Christian Körner, University of Basel.
Read more.
14.03.-14.04.2022
Partcipiation of Regina Hügli at the Forum of Radical Ecology Studies (Fo.r.e.st) at the Artist Residency Massia, Estland.
16.03.2022
Ritual of Earth: Art Performance by Austrian artist Barbara Anna Husar with the hot air balloon and social sculpture Flying Udder above the triple watershed at Pass Lunghin, Switzerland. Read more.
23.04.2022
Romanshorner Luftspiele, Lake Constance (A/CH).
The Sharing Water project presents twelve European rivers on three ships at the Romanshorner Luftspiele, a synergetic, multisensual happening organized by Barbara Anna Husar, in cooperation with Historische Schiffahrt Bodensee, Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Flying Udder. Read more.
14.10.2022
Book presentation of the Sharing Water research: Das Wasserbuch, Überschwemmungen, Dürre, Gletscherschwund. Vier Expeditionen im Herzen Europas. Mathias Plüss, Regina Hügli, Echtzeit Verlag, Switzerland.
Talmuseum Ursern, Andermatt, CH.
25.11.2022 - 25.5.2023
Start of the SHARING WATER events in Vienna, hosted by the Natural History Museum, the Volkskundemuseum and the University of Applied Arts. The interdisciplinary and participative SHARING WATER events focus on sustainable and fair structural models of treating water resources and bodies of water.
25.11.2022
Blue Gold - Blue Peace
Water as a conflicted good and a peace building element. Workshop in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Swiss delegation of the OSCE.
6.12.2022
Commons & Co-Creations
A SHARING WATER workshop in cooperation with the Volkskundemuseum, Vienna.
Find more details.
16.12.2022
Opening of the Sharing Water Traveling Exhibition at its fourth venue at Sala Segantini, Savognin, Switzerland (until February 26th 2023).
One Body of Water Association
Regina Hügli, association founder and navigator
+43 (0)650 362 09 62
Jeneweingasse 8/17
1210 Vienna
Austria
ZVR-Nr. 1359280446
Member of the Global Network of Water Museums.
To get our newsletter, please write a short email.
We are a non-profit organization.
If you would like to support our work, there is the possibility of a tax-privileged donation.
Thank you very much!
Regina Hügli,
One Body of Water
IBAN DE77 1001 1001 2629 1401 66
BIC NTSBDEB1XXX
We perceive water as one single, large body – a body of water that circulates through the atmosphere, the earth and through all life forms, connecting organic with inorganic.
This body is in constant motion and transformation, dynamically transmitting information and active forces to all interconnected vessels and waterways.
This vision of interconnectedness of ONE BODY OF WATER stands in contrast to anthropocentric visions of separateness, or notions of control and dominance. The association aims to make the vision of interconnectedness the guiding principle for action and thus for the creation of new realities.
ONE BODY OF WATER serves impulses and projects that advocate a respectful and sustainable treatment of water, and create awareness for the fundamental interconnectedness of all lifeforms.
The association organises workshops and exhibitions embracing art, science and applied knowledge of diverse fields of expertise. Thus it co-creates a flourishing network in behalf of water, fostering interdisciplinary exchange and offering a variety of approaches to connect to water. ONE BODY OF WATER is member of the Global Network of Water Museums.
ONE BODY OF WATER was founded in 2022 in Vienna, Austria, by the Swiss photographer and artist Regina Hügli. She has been working on the topic of water with great commitment since 2013 and has realized a large number of projects, exhibitions, events and publications. In 2023 Regina Hügli was awarded the Austrian Neptun State Price for Water in Arts.
“I am a dedicated observer of water. I am fascinated by its appearance, its behaviour, its properties. Water is the basis of all life – and an element offering powerful experiences to our bodies and minds like tranquility, flow and rhythm, transformation and renewal, thus making tangible various qualities of time and consciousness.
Observing water has a great impact on my personal approach. My fascination with the element has also heightened my awareness of the responsibility we have to water and life – expressing itself in an increasingly activist and social dimension of my projects.”
Regina Hügli, January 2022
The year 2025 will be mainly dedicated to research for and development of SHARING WATER - the Game.
From May 2025 onward the game will be played in the following contexts:
May - October 2025
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Exhibition "Water Pressure"
May- December 2025
EUSALP Congresses, chaired by Austria and Liechtenstein
Partner: Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management Austria
Other events:
October 23- 25, 2025
Fluid Interdisciplinarities Festival, Berlin (DE)
In cooperation with IRI THESys, Humboldt University Berlin and the IHE Delft.
30.4. - 6.10.2024
Tangente St. Pölten, AT
"Traisen She/Her", photographic research on the river Traisen by Regina Hügli, as part of the "Way of the Water, curated by Lorena Lorena Vera and Joanna Warsza.
May-June 2024
Floodwater Residency, DE
The Floodwater Residency founded by Australian artist Mark Dion is dedicated to artistic research in the field, and located in the floodplain area of the river Elbe and its influent Seege, Northern Germany.
June 15th 2024
Forum Anthropozän,
Heiligenblut, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Austria
Participation, Panelist
Traisen, She/Her, exhibition on the river Traisen by Regina Hügli, Festival Center Tangente St. Pölten, 7.9.-6.10.2024, Opening 7.9. 2 pm.
September 20th -29th 2024
Flowing Connections - Vienna Design Week
Cooperation with the library of the Technical University, Vienna
Location: DAVIS, Data Visualisation Space, Technical University Vienna, Resselgasse 1, 1040 Vienna
Program:
Interactive digital exhibition of FREE GENIE 20.-29.9. 8am - 10pm, weekends 8am-7pm.
23.9. 5-8pm: "Water Qualities - Water Realities", public talk, panel from fields of science, water management and art.
26.9. 5-9 pm: "Sharing Water - Vienna Edition". The new game on water and climate change in Vienna can be tested (workshop 5-7) and co-created (presentation and discussion 7.30-9pm).
October 7th 2024
BOKU BeWEGt - on chances and challenges of interdisciplinary work in behalf of water. Organized by UniNEtZ Austria. Panelist.
October 9th/10th 2024
Konsumdialoge Wasser, Steyr, AT
Organised by COMUN. Panelist.
25.5.2023
SHARING WATER Open Day with exhibition, workshops, walks and talks. Panel discussion on "Legal Standing for Water Bodies" with Dr. Michaela Krömer. Volkskundemuseum Vienna.
Find more details.
9-15th July 2023
SOAK Biomimicry Workshop, Nature’s Learning Lab, Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Summer Academy of the Cooperative Sustainable Universities, the University of Applied Science, Burgenland, University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
Participation of Regina Hügli, One Body of Water, in the teaching team.
20.8. - 2.9. 2023
Kunst in der Natur, Artist in Residence, Wachtberg, Thunau am Kamp, Austria.
14.01.2022
Opening of the Sharing Water Traveling Exhibition at its third venue Talmuseum Andermatt, Switzerland (until October 15th 2022).
Speaker: Prof. Christian Körner, University of Basel.
Read more.
14.03.-14.04.2022
Partcipiation of Regina Hügli at the Forum of Radical Ecology Studies (Fo.r.e.st) at the Artist Residency Massia, Estland.
16.03.2022
Ritual of Earth: Art Performance by Austrian artist Barbara Anna Husar with the hot air balloon and social sculpture Flying Udder above the triple watershed at Pass Lunghin, Switzerland. Read more.
23.04.2022
Romanshorner Luftspiele, Lake Constance (A/CH).
The Sharing Water project presents twelve European rivers on three ships at the Romanshorner Luftspiele, a synergetic, multisensual happening organized by Barbara Anna Husar, in cooperation with Historische Schiffahrt Bodensee, Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Flying Udder. Read more.
30.09. 2022
Planned publication date of the Sharing Water Book, Echtzeit Verlag, Switzerland.
12.10.2022
Start of the SHARING WATER events in Vienna, hosted by the Natural History Museum and the Volkskunde Museum.
The interdisciplinary and participative SHARING WATER events focus on sustainable and fair structural models of treating water resources and bodies of water. (Innovation hub, public workshops and events until spring 2023)
15.12.2022
Opening of the Sharing Water Traveling Exhibition at its fourth venue at Sala Segantini, Savognin, Switzerland (until March 2023).
One Body of Water Association
Regina Hügli, association founder and navigator
+43 (0)650 362 09 62
Jeneweingasse 8/17
1210 Vienna
Austria
ZVR-Nr. 1359280446
Member of the Global Network of Water Museums.
To get our newsletter, please write a short email.
We are a non-profit organization.
If you would like to support our work, there is the possibility of a tax-privileged donation.
Thank you very much!
Regina Hügli,
One Body of Water
IBAN DE77 1001 1001 2629 1401 66
BIC NTSBDEB1XXX